Sahith Theegala's birdie binge, Collin Morikawa's emotional opening tee shot among 5 things to know from first round of The Sentry

Sahith Theegala's birdie binge, Collin Morikawa's emotional opening tee shot among 5 things to know from first round of The Sentry

Sahith Theegala is back for the second time at The Sentry. One year after he shot 10 under for 72 holes, he opened with 10 birdies on Thursday and shot 9-under 64 at Kapalua Resort’s Plantation Course to take a one-stroke lead over a bunched-up leaderboard on a low-scoring day thanks to calm conditions.

“I saw something about first timers not doing great here and I believe it,” he said.

Theegala, 26, proved to be a quick learner. He recorded the most birdies in a PGA Tour round in what was his 250th career round on Tour, including six in a row to start his back nine. Asked to name his favorite of the bunch, he picked the one at No. 12, saying, “Had a really gnarly 8- or 9-footer that I didn’t know which way it was going to break, grain was going all over the place. I just aimed it dead center and tried to hit it hard and hearted that putt, and that settled me down a little bit more.”

Theegala, who notched his first Tour title at the Fortinet Championship in September, has the lead after 18 holes for the second time in his career over a handful of players.

The scoring average was almost 4-under as the wind laid down.

Here’s four more things to know about the first round of The Sentry.

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